But, it is not truly hammerless. The hammer is simply enclosed within the
action body---mounted to the inside of the sidelock plate, above.

Hammerless - A firearm with a coil-spring-actuated firing pin or with its hammer enclosed inside the action
body; ie. no externally visible hammer.

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